He is our rest

SUMMARY: Christ is not a promise, but the fulfillment of the promise. To be in Christ is to inherit His promises. Instead of relying on Christ, we often carry our own burdens and try to solve them on our own. Religion demands promises, but our relationship with God should be based on trust and faithfulness. We must believe that Christ's yoke is easy and His burden is light, and we can deposit all our burdens in Him. We should keep ourselves in the love of God and eagerly await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life. We can find rest in Him and meditate on the promise that He will never leave us or abandon us.

Christ does not promise. He is the promise. To be in Christ is to be a participant in his coming inheritance. We don't deserve it, but God was pleased to justify us by his Son through faith. We can rest in Him and we overlook Him; we bear loads and fight in our own strength to get rid of them.

Loads of bitterness, loads of disobedience, loads of folly, loads of sadness. We dragged a freight train. Far from putting Christ in the locomotive car, we try to take his place. And the burden grows heavier. We give Christ participation only on the religious level. And religion has nothing to do with our kinship and relationship with Jesus Christ.